Public Act 097-0799
 
SB2818 EnrolledLRB097 14105 KTG 58775 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended  
by changing Section 8 as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 505/8)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5008)



    Sec. 8. Scholarships and fee waivers. Each year the 
Department may
select from among the youth children under care, 
youth who aged out of care at age 18 or older, or youth or 
children formerly under care
who have been adopted or are in a 
guardianship placement the subsidized guardianship program, a

maximum of 48 students (at least 4 of whom shall be
children of 
veterans) who have earned a high school diploma from a public 
school district or a recognized nonpublic school or a 
certificate of general education development (GED), or who have 
met the State criteria for high school graduation; the youth 
completed 4 years in an accredited high
school;  the children 
selected shall be eligible for scholarships
and fee waivers 
which will entitle them to 4 consecutive years of community

college, university, or college education.  Selection shall be 
made on the
basis of scholastic record, aptitude, and general 
interest in higher
education.  In accordance with this Act, 
tuition scholarships and fee waivers
shall be available to such 
students at any university or college maintained by
the State 
of Illinois.  The Department shall provide maintenance and 
school
expenses, except tuition and fees, during the academic 
years to supplement
the students' earnings or other resources 
so long as they consistently
maintain scholastic records which 
are acceptable to their schools and to
the Department.  Students 
may attend other colleges and universities, if
scholarships are 
awarded them, and receive the same benefits for maintenance
and 
other expenses as those students attending any Illinois State 
community
college, university, or college under this Section.

(Source: P.A. 90-608, eff. 6-30-98.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.